Biloxi police were needed on two separate occasions Thursday to break up altercations at the normally quiet Buddhist temple on Oak Street.A political power struggle between the head monk and the former board of directors seems to have reached a boiling point.
“Several of the temple members are wanting the head monk to step down, but for what reason, we don’t know,” said police Sgt. Jackie Rhodes. “Basically, we just told them to go through their board of directors and that this was not the place to handle it.”
Read about it here.
[From me]
I’ve seen some spirited debates in business meeting but never a fight. Have you ever seen something like this happen? Did the police come?
What do you think?
I’m not into fistfights in Deacon meetings, but I COULD get into those orange robe-thingies. They’re to DIE for.
Sorta.